1、12018-2019 学年江西省九江市第一中学高一上学期期末考试英 语注 意 事 项 ：1 答 题 前 ， 先 将 自 己 的 姓 名 、 准 考 证 号 填 写 在 试 题 卷 和 答 题 卡 上 ， 并 将 准 考 证 号 条 形 码粘 贴 在 答 题 卡 上 的 指 定 位 置 。2 选 择 题 的 作 答 ： 每 小 题 选 出 答 案 后 ， 用 2B 铅 笔 把 答 题 卡 上 对 应 题 目 的 答 案 标 号 涂 黑 ，写 在 试 题 卷 、 草 稿 纸 和 答 题 卡 上 的 非 答 题 区 域 均 无 效 。3 非 选 择 题 的 作 答 ： 用 签 字 笔 直 接 答 在
2、 答 题 卡 上 对 应 的 答 题 区 域 内 。 写 在 试 题 卷 、 草 稿纸 和 答 题 卡 上 的 非 答 题 区 域 均 无 效 。4 考 试 结 束 后 ， 请 将 本 试 题 卷 和 答 题 卡 一 并 上 交 。第 I 卷（选择题）一、阅读理解Sharon, Aged 22The most important thing to keep in mind when going into high school is to be yourself. Besides, I dont know what your middle school was like, but high s
3、chool teachers will not care about things such as how much homework you already have in one night. Its best to just learn to deal with things and manage your time wisely so you can achieve everything you need to.Frank, Aged 21I think almost every kid feels both nervous and excited before their first
4、 day. You will probably love it. I know I did. You should join in some sports or activities that will make your high school experience more enjoyable. Good luck!David, Aged 19Im not going to lie. The first day is kind of frightening. But youll get used to it. Dont be afraid of anyone; upperclassmen
5、will pick on you more if you let them know youre afraid. Just take it easy. Making some friends and staying with them will greatly help you get used to high school quickly. After the first week its really not bad at all. Dont worry.Eddie ,Aged 20When I started high school I was really nervous too, e
6、specially since I had been homeschooled all through middle school and didnt really know anyone. I suppose the best advice would be to just relax. The first couple of days can be a little bit hard, but things will become easier before you know it.1What can we infer from Sharons words about high schoo
7、l?ATeachers are quite strict. BStudents often stay up at nightCTeachers provide little care for students. DStudents should make good use of their time.2Who mentions the importance of friends?ADavid BFrankCSharon DEddie3How did Eddie feel on his first day of high school?AExcited BWorriedCBored DRelax
8、edA mother goat is able to pick out her own baby from its voice alone by the time the kid is just five days old.Researchers from University of London played kids bleats to female goats and studied their responses. They were surprised to find that the animals were able to pick out their own kids voic
9、es.“A mother and the kid rely a lot on smell to recognize one another and, in the wild, during the first week of their lives, the animals hide in grass and dont call much. Its a strategy they use to avoid enemies,” Dr Elodie Briefer, who led the research, explained to BBC News. “The mother call to t
10、he kids when she want them to come and feed, so we expected that kids would recognize the mothers voices.” In fact, this was the case for deer, which also use this hiding strategy, although they do not belong to the same family of species as goats.She and her team recorded and played back young kids
11、 calls to the female goats and recorded their responses.She explained, “Even when the calls came from kids that are five to six days old, we could see the mothers responding more to the voices of their own babies.” Hearing the voice of their own kids, the females would look towards the speaker that
12、the sound was coming from, moving around and calling in response.此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 2The scientists say that understanding how goats behave and communicate is very important. “This helps us understand just how smart these animals are,” said Dr. Briefer. “Farmers might be able to change their
13、 way to raise goats considering this natural behaviour.”4What does the underlined word “bleats” means?Ahabits BvoicesCresponses Dvideos5During the first few days of the baby deer, the mother and the kid mainly depend on _to recognize each other when they are hiding in grass.Avoice BtouchCvideos Dsme
14、ll6In the experiment, what does a mother goat do when hearing her kids voice?AMaking voice in response. BJumping over and over.CHiding herself somewhere. DBehaving just as usual.7The passage is mainly written for _ to read.Ateachers BwritersCfarmers DlawyersYou often can choose a private setting whe
15、n you browse(浏览) the internet. But be forewarned: It may not afford nearly as much privacy as you expect. Thats the finding of a new study.Major web browsers, such as Googles Chrome and Apples Safari, often a private-browsing option. Its sometimes referred to as “incognito.” This option lets you sur
16、f the Internet browser and saves a record into its history of each page that you visited. And what sites you visit wont affect the suggestions your browser makes the next time youre filling out an online form.Many people believe-incorrectly- that the incognito setting protects them more broadly. Mos
17、t believe it even after reading a web browsers explanation of the incognito mode.For instance, a new study had 460 people read web browsers descriptions of private browsing. Each person read one of 13 descriptions. Then the participants answered questions about how private they thought their browsin
18、g would be while using this tool. The volunteers didnt understand the incognito mode.This was true no matter which browser explanation they had read. The researchers reported their findings on April 26 at the 2018 World Wide Web Conference in Lyon, France.More than half of the volunteers thought tha
19、t if they logged into a Google account through a private window, Google wouldnt keep a record of their search history. Not true. And about one in every four participants thought private browsing hid their devices IP address. Thats wrong, too.Blase Ur was one of the studys authors. Hes an expert in c
20、omputer security and privacy in Illinois at the University of Chicago. Companies could clear up this confusion by giving better explanations of the incognito mode, his team says. For example, the browsers should avoid vague（模糊).The web browser Opera, for instance, promises users that “your secrets a
21、re safe.” Nope Firefox encourages users to “browse like no ones watching.” In fact, someone might be. (If youd like to know more about the research information, please click here .)8The researchers did the study with the aim of _.Achecking the safety of browsers of leading companiesBfinding users kn
22、owledge about private browsing policyCtracking young web users browsing habitsDtesting a new tool to judge the Internet9The “incognito” mode is believed to be able to _.Arecord ones passwordsBgive a warning of insecure linksChelp hide ones past browsing historyDaccess ones favorite websites quickly1
23、0Where is the article probably from _.Aa text book Ba newspaperCa magazine Dthe Internet11The last paragraph is written to _.Areport a new finding Bput forward a suggestionCintroduce a web browser Dcorrect a misunderstanding3There lived in South Carolina a young woman named Eliza Lucas. Her father w
24、as governor of one of the islands of the West Indies. Miss Lucas often got seeds from her father, and then she planted them in South Carolina.Once, her father sent her some seeds of the indigo (靛蓝) plant. She planted some of them in March, but a frost (霜冻) came and killed all her plants. However, sh
25、e decided to plant some more seeds in April. These grew very well until a cutworm found them and ate her plants. Once more Miss Lucas planted some of the seeds. This time the plants grew very well. She wrote to her father about it. He sent her a man who knew how to get the indigo out of the plant.Ho
26、wever, the man tried not to show Miss Lucas how to make the indigo. He did not want the people in South Carolina to learn how to make it. He was afraid his own people would not get so much money for their indigo if other people made it as well. So he destroyed the indigo on purpose. But Miss Lucas w
27、atched him closely. She worked out how the indigo could be made. Some of her fathers land in South Carolina was now planted with the indigo plant.Then Miss Lucas got married, and became Mrs. Pinckney. Her father gave her all the indigo growing on his land in South Carolina. It was all saved for seed
28、s. Mrs Pinckney gave some of the seeds to her friends while her husband sowed others. They all grew and were made into the blue dye(染料) that we call indigo. In a few years, South Carolina was producing more than a million pounds of indigo every year. All the people were grateful to her.12The indigo
29、plant died at first because of _.Aa cutworm Ba frostCstrong sunlight Dheavy rain13What might be peoples attitude toward Eliza Lucas in South Carolina?AThey were afraid of her. BThey were doubtful of her.CThey were thankful to her. DThey were worried about her.14The man Miss Lucass father sent her _.
30、Awas not as helpful as she expected Bknew little about planting seedsChelped her a lot in making the indigo Dmade a lot of money in South Carolina15Whats the main idea of the text?AEliza Lucas learned to plant seeds.BEliza Lucas became Mrs. Pinckney.CEliza Lucas got her fathers land in South Carolin
31、aDEliza Lucas introduced indigo to South Carolina.二、七选五Want to know how to be a confident friend-finder? We can help, with four easy steps.Step 1. Change your mental state.Its easy to get so freaked out（不安的）about being in a new situation that you start throwing off dont-come-near-me signals. And gue
32、ss what? It worked.16Instead, change your attitude with some positive thinking. Tell yourself: “Itll be great to get to know someone new”, or “I cant wait to hear what these girls have to say.”Step 2. Remember, the eyes have it.The first place we look at when were uncomfortable is the floor. No one
33、can tell if were embarrassed. We cant tell if anyone is looking at us. Whoa!17Holding your head up and making eye contact is a bold（大胆的）moveIts confident and friendly.Step 3.18Does starting a communication bring on an attack of shyness? Try adding a good question to your friend-finding tools. Strong
34、 opening questions usually begin with “what” or “how” words that get people talking. Typically, our first instinct (本能) is to ask a “can” or a “do” question, like “Can I borrow a pencil?” or “ Do you know where the bathroom is?19Asking “what” or “how” questions gets you more information to respond t
35、o. Try something like “Hi. I really like that flower. How did you draw it?” or “Hi. Im new. Whats the least scary lunch option in the cafeteria?”Step 4. Practice, practice, practice.Making new friends is a skill. 20But the more you practice, the more relaxed and natural. Youll feel, and the easier i
36、t will get. So flash that smile, offer some welcoming words, and soon youll be hanging out with your newest friends!APeople dont come near you.4BAll you need is one question.CListen closely to their answers.DNot a good way to meet people.E. The thought of meeting people makes you excited.F. But that
37、 only gets you short answers. Like “Yeah”or “Down the hall”.G. Like art, music, or sports, it takes practice to feel truly confident of it.三、完形填空Im a big fan of pop music and I enjoy listening to music quite a lot. Although people can listen to_21_music on their music players when they are travellin
38、g, working or studying, _22_festivals and concerts are becoming more and more_23_. This is because I believe they offer two main _24_.The first one is that the sound is much_25_ at live concerts where the music and voices come _26_from the musicians. This makes it a much more emotional(有感染力的) _27_be
39、cause you have direct contact with the_28_ and you react(回应) to them and they react to you.The second advantage is the atmosphere(气氛). _29_ listening to a recording_30_on your personal music player, at a concert you are _31_ with a huge crowd of people and _32_the music together. This means it is a
40、_33_as well as an artistic experience.The main_34_ is that you cannot listen to live music _35_you want like you can on a personal music player. Besides, the _36_ from the audience sometimes_37_the quality of the sound.In my opinion, _38_, the best way to enjoy music is the wonderful atmosphere of a
41、 live concert. It is more exciting_39_you are surrounded by other_40_who are dancing with you happily.21Arecorded Blive Csoft Dloud22Aculture Btradition Cmusic Darts23Aspecial Bdifficult Csuccessful Dpopular24Aquestions Badvantages Cchallenges Dresults25Ahigher Blower Cworse Dbetter26Aquickly Bdirec
42、tly Cfrequently Dsuddenly27Aexample Blesson Cexperience Dtalk28Aperformers Baudience Cproducers Dstrangers29AAccording to BInstead of CExcept for DAlong with30Apatiently Bquietly Ctogether Dalone31Alistening Bplaying Cworking Dsinging32Awriting Bproviding Cstudying Denjoying33Apersonal Bpractical Cs
43、ocial Dphysical34Areason Bproblem Cpurpose Dworry35Awhenever Bwhatever Cwhoever Dwhichever36Adanger Bpain Calarm Dnoise37Aimproves Bdamages Cvalues Dforms38Abesides Balso Chowever Dalready39Abecause Bso Cbut Dalthough40Ateams Bclasses Cvolunteers Dfans第 II 卷（非选择题）四、语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单
44、词的正确形式。Many kinds of dinosaurs bones 41(find) recently by Chinese scientists in Nanyang county, Henan Province. 42 the scientists inspected the bones, they were surprised 43(spot) these dinosaurs could not only run 44the others but also climb the trees.Dinosaurs died 45 suddenly around 60 million ye
45、ars ago. Some scientists think 46came after an 47(expect) incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth 48 put too much dust into the air. Others think the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any 49(much). Nobody knows 50sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a
46、 short time.五、短文改错51假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（ ），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（ ）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。5注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改 10 处，多着（从第 11 处起）不计分。Ladies and gentlemen,I would tell you some good news.To provide more chances f
47、or us to practise the English, I have recently set up an English group blog naming We Love English.Variously things can be done on the blog. Firstly, we can post our journals here, sharing our thoughts and daily life. Secondly, the blog is a good place for us to exchange our good learning experience
48、s, which will certainly lead to learn English well. Thirdly, if we should have any problems with our English study, just putting them on the blog, where we will soon find effective solutions the problems offered by other students.Everybody are welcome to join the group blog. Im sure you will benefit greatly of it.Thats all. Thank you.六、提纲类作文52假定你是李华，暑假就要来了，你打算参加学校组织的国际
